nice I also just bought a new pair of 710s from Japan. Came out to be $277 ($260 + 17 shipping). The guy marked it down to 3,000 yen. Hoping I don't get charged that much in duties. He also marked it as a gift but I don't know if that makes any difference.

If you guys are trying to save a few bucks and want to buy from Japan I'd highly recommend emailing Yuichi from Kaizoku Pirates.

He is really helpful and fast with email replies. I emailed him with a few questions and he was more than glad to help guide me through my transaction. I bought a pair of 710s and I actually got them 4 days later with no duties to pay.

He also offers free hemming and washes.

Check out his website to see what he has in stock, if your size isn't listed, just ask him and he will update you when he'll receive his next shipment.

Oh yea he also speaks English, so you don't have to google translate everything to him.

Wow bro, good shit! These just convinced me to cop another pair of 710's.

Thanks man, it would be tough for me to buy a different pair of denim in the future, Samurais are as good as it gets, especially the 19 oz. 710's. These are still being worn on the daily, I'll try and update this again at some point.

Hi im fairly new to raw denim. I have a pair of naked and famous weird guys I like the fit and was looking to get into higher quality denim. would the 710 be similar fit? what size for the same fit? i wear a size 29 in naked and famous.Thanks

I just ordered my first pair of Samurai (S003JP) from Blue in Green. My actual waist size is 32 (I'm 5'8, 155lbs), and I went ahead and ordered a size 32. I should be receiving these on Monday, but wanted to see how you guys determine if a pair of Samurais are sized correctly when taking shrinkage from soaking into account. I've read through most of this thread, and from I gather many state that the denim will shrink with the first several hot soaks but then will stretch back out to its original pre-soak size.....which would mean that they would once again become semi-loose fitting, is this correct? Is any of the shrink in the waist permanent or will it always re-restretch?

I am a TTS 32" and wear 31" jeans normally, currently looking to buy the 31 Raws that measure 32.5". Im hoping they will stretch back out after the presoak, as the raw 32" measuring 34" I feel would be too big, since I dont think they would shrink 3 inches to a 31, and even if they did, im sure it would stretch back out.

As for the SAMS, im worried about having a hard time fading through the 19oz, even though i know that sams are probably better than PBJs in terms of a most well rounded product.